The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-03
THE LONGEST YET.
cLEvELAsD's COMING MESSAGE
win be Document OF $4,000 Words and
Psomisss to be Dry and Uniuteres,ing.
Will Evado u Discussion OF tho Thrin,
but Will Shift that Responsibility.

| WAsHlNGToE, D. O., Dec. 2-The Prepi
dent submitted the rough draft Of hia
forthcoming annual message to Congress
at the Cabinet meeting yesterday after.
noon. It was fully and freely discussed
Tor about four hours, and to-day was again
submitted to tho Cabinet In tho form in
which 1t Ia to be sent to Congreus. Mean.
while speculation ia rife as to tho contents
OF what will probably bo one Of the long.
est official documents ever written by Mr..
Cleveland. Those who know eay it will
contain approximately 2e,0cO words.
From excellent sources 1t Is ascsrtaiued
that Mr.. Bsyard's department will absorb
the lions sharc OF the Presdent'a mesu.
age. He will announce In the frat place
either the result OF tho labors Of the Fish.
elles Commission, or the fact that tbey arc
still at work. There is an impression pre.
vsiling that the commiesion will cit 10, the
last time on Saturday. It indicates that
the negotiation OF now treaty has been
t,und impracticabls, d result said to bs
favored by Mr.. Bayard, who 10 represent.
cd as despairing OF getting treaty acted
npon by the Senate In Its present temper,
What the President will probably be sblo
to announce In his message is that the
Commission has agreed upon an intsrpre.
tation Of the treaty OF 1918 3 F
A revision OF the naturalization laws.
the establishment OF Central Bureau for
the registration Of nsturalizsd citiz ,ns.
and hint as to the advisabili,y OF re-.
stricting by Federal statute imuipration
Of an undesirable kind are among the
topics discussed by the PRECEDENT In view
Of the recent Anarchist demonstrations in
various parts Of the country. III ~
Regarding the tariff and other ueetionH
Of finance the President will have y.ry
little to say, the present plan being, 1t 10
said, to let the Secretary of the Treasury
deal with both questions in erienso In bis
annual report: In a general aud very
guarded way the President recommends,
1t is understood, a liberal enlargem ,nt Of
the free list, mentioning, however, BY name
mono Of the articles which in his opinion
ought to be placed there. U non tho
wording Of this part Of the messs ge much
care and attention has been bssto we'd,
Among those to whom 1t has been read,
outside OF the members of the Cabinet.
are Messrs. Carlisle, Scott and Watterson.
Mr.. Randall has been given no opportu.
nifty to inspect 1t.
A codifcation Of the banking lava
emeded in the manner proposrd By tho
Comptroller Of the Currency Ia recom-
msnded. The President, it is thought,
will in cautious way recommend ieeral
system Of appropriations for tho i'm orovs-
ment OF the Mississippi river. He will
Likewise suggest, tits believed, that appro-
priations for this river be made sep .rs,ely,
and not, as heretofore, in the River and
Harbor bill, which he has always regard
ed as an object Of suspicion. r'i5s
The repeal OF the Presumption and Tim
Der Culture acts is urged in the strougest
terms. The necessity Of preserving the
Pacific railroads, it is understood, will be
the subject OF q epecial measags to Con-.
gress later on. " IS Git z. 7I7,.l